Dance Bands

Your New Neighbors has been described as the “Ultimate Party Band!” They have been performing their unique high-energy blend of 70s, 80s, 90s, and current Dance/Rock hits across Ontario & Quebec for the last 15 years. The 5 members of Your New Neighbors share a combined experience of over 100 years of professional showmanship, and will have your crowd on its feet all night! Video Sample: Song List: 3 Pistols – The Tragically Hip Laid – James 500 Miles – The Proclaimers Let’s Go Crazy – … Read More

The Polka Maestre Band Can perform a variety of musical genres & style’s for any of your special events! Their repertoire ranges from Oberkrainer to Cleveland style polka waltz, to well known popular international tunes – all played with the full Midi, diatonic, 3-row, Slovenian tuning button box (Frajtonerca). This custom made instrument is not your average accordion.  It can sound as an acoustic accordion as well as up to sixteen instruments – simultaneously – for that full band/orchestra sound! … Read More

TM Jazz Group is a 4 to 6-piece jazz combo comprised of professional musicians. Book the whole group, or just a trio or duo. No matter the size of venue, we can provide just the right level of entertainment for your needs – from background music to being one of the features of the party! The TM Jazz Group is also available in the following formats: Duo: Sax & Piano Trio: (1) Sax, Piano & Bass (2) Sax, Piano & Jazz Guitar … Read More

Entertaining & Fun! Energize your evening with live music by the 5-piece band: Nightlife! Classic Rock ‘n Roll, Original Songs, Jazz, Dinner Music, Dance Band. Great entertainment begins with great sound. Nightlife blends its musical talents together with state-of-the-art equipment to create a clean and unique sound that keeps audiences up dancing all night long. Nightlife’s musicianship adapts the sounds and song selection to suit any occasion (Corporate Events, Weddings, Restaurants, House Parties, etc.) and engages the audience to make it … Read More

The Dixie Demons have been dazzling audiences for the past 26 years! Anyone who has seen this stellar 6-piece band on stage knows that the chemistry they share is what makes the Dixie Demons tick. Their performances are a real treat of great music, amazing virtuosity and showmanship!   Video Samples: That’s A Plenty Caravan Bluffs Blues Band Members: Dan Douglas Dan Douglas is a Toronto born Trombonist and euphonium player who has been steadily working in the Toronto jobbing and … Read More

Mystic Fyre Celtic Band performs traditional jigs, reels and songs and also heats them up into molten Celtic Rock! Musical influences include Great Big Sea, the Dubliners, Chieftains, Corrs, and Secret Garden. Hailing from the Waterloo region, Mystic Fyre has been on the scene for the past 25 years performing at various concert venues, festivals, fairs, corporate and private events, weddings, and cèilidhs (kālēs) throughout Ontario. Whether you are having a good ol’ fashioned east coast cèilidh, celebrating Robbie Burns … Read More

The Halloween Band This scary 3 to 5-piece band sinks their teeth into juicy songs and dance tunes to keep your crypt a-rockin’! !  You’ll hear classic favourites as The Monster Mash, Themes from The Addams Family, The Munsters, Bewitched, Casper The Friendly Ghost and many more ghoulish selections! They also have up their boney sleeves some deadly classic rock, country and disco numbers for you to boogie to, man! So, get your blue dress on, bark at the bad moon … Read More

Neil Murray Band “Nobody rocks like the Neil Murray Band!” Andy from the Shakespeare Arms. Available as a duo, 3-piece or 4-piece band. Band Members: Neil Murray: Lead vocals, guitar, keyboard, harmonica Frank Koren: Guitar Steve Lehmann: Bass, backup vocals Jeff Cowell: Drums Audio Samples: All For You Crazy Little Thing Called Love I Saw Her Standing There Down On The Corner I Shot The Sheriff Mary Jane‘s Last Dance Message In A Bottle Steal My Kisses Vertigo Song List: … Read More

Neil Cotton & Hawk’s Nest is a 3 or 4-piece band that performs Country music and good old Rock ’n Roll! Band Members: (Left to right) Gary Creary, Neil Cotton, Paul Gardiner, Robert Porter. Audio Samples: Mayor Of Old Yonge St. Bio: Neil Cotton Date of Birth: 03/20/46 Education: BSc U of Waterloo, 1969. Family History: Married 34 years to Wendy (Lehman), 2 children, 1 grandchild. Former Occupation: Science teacher. Present Occupation: Having fun (family, music, golf, hockey). I was … Read More

For Tribute Bands see Tribute Shows

Cathy Anderson is a member of the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony and a freelance cellist and teacher based in Kitchener, Ontario. She has performed with the: St. Lawrence, Penderecki, Borealis and Lafayette String Quartets at the Festival of the Sound and the Elora Festival, and has been broadcast on CBC Radio Two. She has played solo recitals at: Various colleges and universities in Ontario, and more recently has played duet concerts with bassist (and husband) Brian Baty. Cathy has performed concertos … Read More

Take your typical rock band – guitar, keyboard, bass, drums and vocals – and replace the guitar and keyboard with a string quartet and – voila! – you have: The Classical Rock Show! This show features the Mannheim Virtuosi String Quartet (MVSQ), performing on acoustic and electric instruments, with Ross Daly on 4 and 5-string violins and viola, Angela Cox-Daly on violins, Andrea Weber Steckly on 4 and 6-string violins and Cathy Anderson on cellos.  Completing this phenomenal band, we have Robert Laporte on drums … Read More

Contact us for a current list of Trumpet Players.

Contact us for a current list of Piano / Keyboard Players.

The Ziggie Zaggies bring Oktoberfest to life with traditional polkas, waltzes, songs and good cheer! They can also rock it up with dance music to suit all ages. They have performed at various Oktoberfest events across Ontario and Saskatchewan including Kitchener Waterloo’s world famous Oktoberfest! The Ziggie Zaggies can perform as a 2-piece to an 8-piece Band. Bring on yodeling and cowbells with Deb Misener Jones and you have a real variety Oktoberfest show! Raise a glass and sing: Ein Prosit, … Read More

Contact us for a current list of Reggae Bands.

The Black Forest Band is the best known group to perform at Kitchener-Waterloo’s Oktoberfest each year. Not just renowned for being an elite polka band in Canada and the United States, but also one of Canada’s best loved party bands. Winners of the 2012 PACE Awards for Best German Album. The PACE AWARDS have replaced the POLKA Category from the Grammy Awards. How do you describe The Black Forest Band to somebody who hasn’t heard them play before? To begin with, … Read More

Contact us for a current list of Latin Bands.

Contact us for a current list of Funk Bands.

Music for Dancing and Reminiscing The Twilites are an eleven-piece dance band, based in Guelph, Ontario, and have been together since 1987. Over the past twelve years, they have developed a large, enthusiastic following of people of all ages who love to dance. In addition to playing fox-trots in the tradition of the great dance bands including Guy Lombardo, Sammy Kaye, Glenn Miller, and Artie Shaw, they also perform swing, Latin-American, polkas, waltzes, medleys, and specialty numbers. They have been … Read More

Angela Cox-Daly has been a member of the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Orchestra (KWSO) since 1988 performing as Second Associate Concertmaster until 2003. After a playing related injury and almost three years off, Angela gratefully returned as a section first violinist. She is an active chamber music performer in Canada and the United States and has appeared as soloist with various chamber and symphony orchestras including the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony, Kitchener Waterloo Community Orchestra, Scarborough Philharmonic, North York Symphony, Keene Chamber … Read More